Upper Gilgil Weather in April
Upper Gilgil in April
The short of it: Upper Gilgil in April averages a high of 21 °C (70 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 149 mm (5.9 in) of rain and about 12 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 21° · low 8° · rain 149 mm · daylight 12 h 6 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: February & January
Thirty years of records give Upper Gilgil an average April high of 21°, a low of 8° and some 149 mm of rain. Much like March: highs about 21°, nights near 8°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 149 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 6 min in mid-April.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates April 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and January.
Against its neighbours, Upper Gilgil runs cooler than most and wetter than most in April. Dundori, 6 km to the SW, is 2° warmer by day.
April in Upper Gilgil, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 1° colder, 90 mm more rain
- Versus May
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DundoriNakuru County | 6 km SW | 23° | 10° | 130 mm |
| Ol Kalau South SettlementNyandarua County | 10 km SE | 22° | 9° | 117 mm |
| Ol KalouNyandarua County | 14 km ESE | 23° | 9° | 100 mm |
| KasukuNyandarua County | 15 km NE | 23° | 9° | 109 mm |
| BahatiNakuru County | 15 km WNW | 24° | 11° | 142 mm |
| Ol Joro OrokNyandarua County | 18 km NNE | 22° | 8° | 132 mm |
| SubukiaNakuru County | 23 km NNW | 24° | 10° | 135 mm |
| NakuruNakuru County | 25 km WSW | 26° | 12° | 123 mm |